(Photograph Courtesy Of The Country Music Foundation, Nashville, Tennessee)

     BORN NEAR HENDERSON, TENNESSEE, EDDY ARNOLD FIRST
GAINED WIDESPREAD RECOGNITION IN 1946. AFTER A
HUMBLE BEGINNING, HE ROSE TO GREAT HEIGHTS AS A
PERFORMER AND AS  A RECORDING ARTIST, SELLING MILLIONS
OF RECORDS. HE HAS BEEN A POWERFUL INFLUENCE IN 
SETTING MUSICAL TASTES. HIS  SINGING, WARM PERSONALITY,
AND INFECTIOUS LAUGH  HAVE ENDEARED  EDDY TO FRIENDS